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The blue catfish is one of 4 of most popular catfish, to angle for and grows to above one hundered pounds. The current challenger for the U.S. record of one hundred tewnty four lbs. is from the Alton Illinois 5 22 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish raised for profit. Recent , 6 28 2005,
find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only known specie of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the time of dinosaurs.
World's largest catfish, was weighed at 646 pounds,
captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 2005, and is also known as the Mekong Giant Catfish, and is being studied as an endangered species.
The spotted cat grow to 45 pounds averaging 14 years but are known to live to 20 years.
The flattened head, of the opelousas and the yellow color denotes the second largest freshwater catfish. The U.S. recordbook is 98.50, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in December 1998. These fish might survive nineteen years and longer. Virtually all varieties of catfish from running water is very good table fare.
Catfish Lure in the traditional stink bait, subsidise live bait for the favorite lure for catfish.
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